Here is a handy list to help you plan your new and full moon rituals!

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I want to wish you all a wonderful Winter Solstice 2006! Today is the shortest day of the year — beginning the 22nd, the light of the Sun will shine brighter until it reaches the Summer Solstice, on June 21st, 2007. May you have a blessed, healthy, happy and prosperous New Solar Year.

The Pagan History of Christmas: The Winter Solstice is a time of great power, and has been celebrated since ancient times among many cultures throughout the world. The holiday we now call “Christmas” actually had its beginnings in the Cult of Mithras, the Sun God of the Persians, although it is believed that the origin of Mithras occurred in India around 1400 BC.

One legend of the birth of Mithras states that he sprang from the living rock or from a tree. Another tradition explains that he was born from the Cosmic Egg, while holding in his upraised hands the Sword of Truth and Torch of Light — sounds a bit like descriptions of the biblical Jesus, doesn’t it?

There are ancient artifacts depicting him surrounded by an egg-shaped frame, symbolizing the cosmic 12 Signs of the Zodiac. Many of those representations of Mithras have been found in modern-day Britain, some of which are considered to be some of the earliest surviving representation of the Signs of the Zodiac in the north-west provinces of the Roman Empire.

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On November 24th, 2006 the planet Jupiter moved into the Fire Sign of Sagittarius, where it will stay until December 18th, 2007.

Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, and astrologically rules the idea of Expansion, Transformation, and Adventure. So, it stands to reason that when Jupiter is transiting his own astrological home turf of Sagittarius he’ll tend to kick all normal boundaries to the curb!

Jupiter, the ruler of Sagittarius, occupies the 9th House of the Zodiac, the placement of Foreign Travel, Languages, Philosophy and Higher Knowledge. In light of that fact, Jupiter in Sagittarius will tend to intensify the idea of Freedom in every way, shape and form.

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As the current year, 2006 comes to a close, it’s time to start meditating on what you’d like to achieve, and how the upcoming planetary alignments will hinder or help you.

The most important planetary movements to consider are the following: Times of the year when Mercury will be in Retrograde motion; the progression of Saturn, (the planet of Karma); the progression of Pluto, (the planet of Transformation); and finally the yearly Lunar and Solar Eclipses (their houses and degrees).

For those of you who wish to get more detailed information, please write to find out how to order your Yearly Zodiacal Report. You should order the report based upon your Astrological Ascendant. Please feel free to send me any questions regarding how to find out this information.

Get ready for another special day today — we’re about to witness the spectacular Leonid Meteor Showers for the next few days.

So remember to go outside for awhile super late tonight, and check out the rainfall of falling stars and make lots of wishes!

Leonid Meteor Shower Links

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